---
name: "Gilded Drake"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Drake"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "76"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Bob Eggleton"
oracle_id: "7f06c098-6482-4bf3-a9a1-110d6d5b5703"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gilded-drake-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gilded Drake
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Drake
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, exchange control of this creature and up to one target creature an opponent controls. If you don't or can't make an exchange, sacrifice this creature. This ability still resolves if its target becomes illegal.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Volatile Stormdrake](/printing/volatile-stormdrake-mh3.md) — Creature — Drake
2. [Shrieking Drake](/printing/shrieking-drake-vis.md) — Creature — Drake
3. [Drake Familiar](/printing/drake-familiar-rav.md) — Creature — Drake
4. [Djinn of Infinite Deceits](/printing/djinn-of-infinite-deceits-c13.md) — Creature — Djinn
5. [Silver Drake](/printing/silver-drake-pmei.md) — Creature — Drake
6. [Angler Drake](/printing/angler-drake-gn3.md) — Creature — Drake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #76
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Bob Eggleton
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`